Photos: Gaza conflict escalates

Nasser Shiyoukhi, AP11.16.2012

An Israeli soldiers throws tear gas at Palestinian protesters, not seen, during a protest against Israel’s military operations, in the West Bank village of Beit Omar near Hebron, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. On the third day of an Israeli military operation against the Gaza Strip, Israel overnight targeted dozens of sites it said Gaza gunmen were using to fire rockets. The Israeli offensive has not deterred the militants from firing more than 400 rockets aimed at southern Israel since Wednesday, the military said.

Nasser Shiyoukhi
/ AP

Palestinian youths launch stones at Israeli soldiers, not seen, during a protest against Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. On the third day of an Israeli military operation against the Gaza Strip, Israel overnight targeted dozens of sites it said Gaza gunmen were using to fire rockets. The Israeli offensive has not deterred the militants from firing more than 400 rockets aimed at southern Israel since Wednesday, the military said.Nasser Shiyoukhi
/ AP

An Israeli photographer takes pictures of the damage caused by a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in a house in the southern Israeli Kibbutz of Kfar Aza on November 16, 2012. Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak expanded the call-up of reserve soldiers, a spokesman said, as Israel pushed ahead with a major offensive against militants in the Gaza Strip.JACK GUEZ
/ AFP/Getty Images

Israeli soldiers with armoured vehicles gather in a staging ground near the border with Gaza Strip, southern Israel, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. Fierce clashes between Israeli forces and Gaza militants are continuing for the third day.Tsafrir Abayov
/ AP

Israeli soldiers work on their a tanks in a staging ground near the border with Gaza Strip, southern Israel, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. Fierce clashes between Israeli forces and Gaza militants are continuing for the third day.Ariel Schalit
/ AP

Relatives grieve during the funeral for Itzik Amsalem, 49, one of the three people who died in a rocket attack on November 16, 2012 in Kiryat Malachi, Israel. Three people were killed in Israel November 15, after a building was hit by a rocket fired from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Palestinian rocket attacks followed a series aerial strikes on targets in Gaza launched by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) which killed a top military commander of Hamas.Uriel Sinai
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Israeli police detain a Palestinian demonstrator as scuffles broke out between Israeli troops and Muslim worshippers prevented from entering the Al-Aqsa mosque compound for prayers, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. Israeli police was on high alert on Friday to prevent clashes following Friday prayers.Omer Miron
/ AP

Palestinian women cry during the funeral of Tahrer Salman and Mohammed Salman in Beit Lahia, north Gaza, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. According to relatives, the two members of the Salman family were killed after an Israeli airstrike hit the yard of their house. At least 22 Palestinians, including 12 militants and six children, as well as three Israelis have been killed in three days of fierce exchanges between the Israeli military and Gaza militants.Bernat Armangue
/ AP

Palestinians stand on the rubble of the destroyed house of Hamas militant Mohammad Abu Shmala, following an Israeli air strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012.Eyad Baba
/ AP

Two Israeli women run for shelter as air raid sirens sound in the Israeli capital Tel Aviv for the second day on November 16, 2012. Cross border exchanges of missile fire between Israel and Palestinian fighters in Gaza, have caused fatalities on both sides in recent days, but this is the first time that Palestinians have used missiles which appear to have the range to target Tel Aviv.Getty Images
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Palestinians bury the body of Tahrer Salman, covered with a blanket, during her funeral in Beit Lahia, north Gaza, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. According to relatives, Tahrer Salman and Mohammed Salman were killed after an Israeli airstrike hit the yard of their house.Bernat Armangue
/ AP

Demonstrators protest ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza, as they march through the streets of Ottawa on Friday November 16, 2012.Adrian Wyld
/ THE CANADIAN PRESS

A Palestinian man carries a child into the treatment room of Shifa hospital following an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. Fierce clashes between Israeli forces and Gaza militants are continuing for the third day.Ashraf Amra
/ AP

Palestinians carry the body of Mohammed Salman during his funeral in Beit Lahia, north Gaza, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. According to relatives, Tahrer Salman and Mohammed Salman and were killed after an Israeli airstrike hit the yard of their house.Bernat Armangue
/ AP

Smoke plumes rise over Gaza following Israel Air Force bombing on November 16, 2012 near Sderot, Israel. Conflict between the Israeli military and Palestinian militants has intensified over the last few days, with Israel striking some 130 targets overnight. According to reports, 18 Palestinians and three Israelis have been killed. Egypt’s prime minister Hisham Qandil is due to make a brief visit to Gaza today and Israel have vowed to suspend fire for the duration of his visit, provided there’s no cross border attacks from militants.Ilia Yefimovich
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Israeli soldiers run toward Palestinians throwing stones, during clashes in the West Bank village of Al-Jalameh after a march against the Israeli military operations in Gaza Strip, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. At least 22 Palestinians, including 12 militants and six children, as well as three Israelis have been killed in three days of fierce exchanges between the Israeli military and Gaza militants.Mohammed Ballas
/ AP

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